How good would this work as a super cheap alternative to the Wacom Cintiq?
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I use the Boogie Board Rip and don't think it can be used as an alternative input for a PC. You can capture sketches and drawings, but not in "real time"...the Wacom gives you an immediate pen-based input on your PC or Mac.
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Somewhat. It's made more for photography and the likes. If your looking for a cheap-up, don't use bamboo version and expect Wacom tablet results. It's good but it's not A tablet!
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I feel bad for you ben. I wrote a review writing about the same thing. Apparently, Wacom (those mofos) put a thin plastic film over the screens of the Cintiqs that scratches ridiculously easy if you don't change out their nibs as part of a planned obsolescence. I noticed that the screens of the 13 in models (Cintiq Companions & Cintiq 13in HD) scratch especially easy. Don't remove the screen's plastic, otherwise you'd void your warranty. I would just return the damn thing.
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There's one major problem I had. I couldn't get the pressure sensitivity to work with Gimp. I could get it to work with other programs though. There are some instructions on Google for fixing this, but I still couldn't get it to work. Also the drivers for this don't work very well, and I would have trouble with the tablet work and not work at random times. I recommend spending more and getting a wacom.
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It is great for taking notes, onenote is awesome. You will want to buy another wacom pen with an eraser function though. I recommend the surface pro 2 pen. The pen that comes with it is nice because its attached to it, but its a little small and clumsy. As for PDF,it runs a full version of windows 8.1 so you can do anything you could do with a regular laptop. This blows the iPad out of the water with functionality.
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Well, Havent tried that but It works every bit as good as my old Wacom 6*8 Serial, and that worked pretty well. Really gonna depend on what program U are using. THis tablet does work with photoshop CS2? Cant remember which version I have. I mainly Use it with ArtRage, which is amazing with this tablet.
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I'm using the one that came with the Cintiq and am happy with it (as long as you change the nibs regularly it will do fine)
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No. i just bought it for this reason and it doesnt work.. updated wacom drivers, removed small stylus, rebooted, etc. Nada.
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This would work, but it isn't worth it.Only get this for light fun, not for actual art. I bought this because my more expensive tablet broke, turns out you still get what you pay for.Find a better tablet, like a Wacom or Huon.
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I'm not an artist, but you might find this comparison between an ep121 and the 21 inch cintiq useful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAZg9bEPm1E
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I don't use pixelmator much, but the Wacom seems to work on it. Although I am far from a graphic genius, I would venture to say that the Wacom is really a very, very precise mouse. Good luck, Sharon
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yep. here's the link to the sourceforge drivers to get you started.http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxwacom/files/xf86-input-wacom/input-wacom/
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Of course Tana. It works fine and smooth with all graphics software. I've used it with Photoshop, Illustrator, Gimp, and even Paintool SAI. I even use it instead of my mouse. Check some of my works using this Wacom Bamboo tablet at http://angelascanio.deviantart.com
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I picked up an ep121 at fry's in concord last week, I have a CINTIQ 21UX, and I'm employed as a character artist. The cintiq pen and intuos pens won't work on it as people have already said. The pressure sensitivity is not working in photoshop, i think there's a driver fix for this but i haven't bothered with it. Photoshop works best with a keyboard/keypad anyways. Alias sketchbook pro will be your friend. The brushes work great and the program is stroke based. 256 levels of pressure sensitivity, it depends on the artist. It's fine for me, I don't know that my arm has 256 levels of pressure. The line quality is good and it's responsive while drawing. Awesome device for drawing on the go, or sitting on the couch. Any serious work you'll probably want to use a standard computer, but no reason you shouldn't be able to do great things on the ep121. Battery life i get around 3-4.5 hours depending on use. I hope they start shipping these things out to you all soon, I'm loving mine! ps. This thing also runs zbrush pretty well. although it's pointless to try to use zbrush with a resolution os 1200x800, the menu's are too filling. But, it CAN handle a million polygons without much problem. I didn't try maya on it yet. If anyone's interested i can give it a shot.
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The Wacom Intuos3 tablet does not display anything on the tablet itself; you have to get used to watching the PC screen as you're moving the pen over the surface of the tablet.Wacom does put out the Cintiq line of tablets which DO display your image right on the tablet itself, but of course these are much more expensive. The cheapest of these will set you back a thousand dollars, and even then, some of the people who have used the cheapest Cintiq seem to regard it as a beta product, a little rough around the edges. (There is a better Cintiq tablet, but it costs around $2000.)
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Including a display in the tablet would be incredibly expensive; however, Wacom does offer the Cintiq line which provides exactly that. There are also cheaper tablets from Yiynova that do that as well. Personally I prefer the detached tablet, because then my hand doesn't get in the way of seeing what I'm working on. Also, having a 1:1 correlation between the pen and the mouse cursor makes it more annoying to have any slight accuracy or latency problem, while if you have your hand decoupled from the cursor those issues aren't as noticeable.
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I would agree with Chris Frenzy. Great to introduce you to a graphic pen/tablet. I also mainly use with Photoshop, but so far with Illustrator we haven't experienced any problems. It definitely does the job!